Page 64: of Marine Technology Magazine (April 2005)

Wine destined for the Roman colony in Cartagena
finally turned up 2200 years later. It would have
remained undiscovered at the bottom of the sea
outside the Spanish harbor but for the sharp-eyed
marine explorers of the Aurora Trust. After spotting
the Roman wreck on a sonar map of the area, they
sent down a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV to investi-
gate. Their discovery was the sight of thousands of
amphora of wine, the clay jars still carefully
packed in the hold of the ship where they had lain
undisturbed for over 2000 years. (see inset image
below)
(Photos courtesy of Saab Seaeye)

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